Forum

Mark it down in your diaries boys n girls, the weekend of the 13th – 15th march is the date of the first major winch challenge for 2009.
The Norwest OHV Winch Challenge 2009 is shaping up to be a cracker, sanctioned by 4x4 Challenges NZ as round one of the 09 north island series, this event will be set entirely on one location with both classes racing the same weekend. Challenge class kicks off on the Friday afternoon and if 2008 is anything to go by you had better come prepared to race hard from the first countdown! Night stages are planned for the Friday with a full days racing on Saturday and a half day Sunday.
The fast growing Club Class are also racing from the Saturday with night stages Saturday night and a half day on Sunday also. With the tracks set to enable your average club truck to compete and still be able to drive home at the end of the weekend, the club class is proving to be very popular.
Both classes will enjoy a bbq prize giving Sunday. Camping is available on site with toilets and showers provided.
The Norwest OHV clubs winch challenge committee are committed to growing the sport within NZ, one way of doing this is having the event sanctioned by 4x4 Challenges and working together towards a truly national competition within the next two years, because of this, challenge class competitors are required to be a member of 4x4 challenges NZ to be licensed to drive in this event, logbooks are not required but are encouraged for 2009 and will be compulsory for 2010, if you do not have a current logbook and current wof, your wof will be required to be less than 28 days old. Membership and logbook information along with the rules are available on the 4x4 challenges website: www.4x4challenges.org.nz For the Club Class both driver/co driver must be affiliated to NZ4WDA
the driver must hold a current drivers licence (if the co driver doesn’t hold a licence they can’t drive) no exceptions!
any current challenge class teams wanting to enter will be dealt with on a case by case basis
No trucks that have competed in challenge class in the last 18 months will be allowed
wire rope is allowed (will be checked for condition)
hard top trucks will not require a roll cage, but one is recommended
all soft top must have a min of 4 point plus either a steel or ali top fitted as per 4x4 challenge rules
you will Not need a WOF or Reg
you will not require a ground anchor
"Note" a Min of a 4 point roll cage (club class) will be required for 2010 (that gives you over a year to sort it)
Entry forms are available on www.norwestohv.co.nz and will be limited to the 1st 20 entries for each class. For further information e-mail Rob at chis.build@xtra.co.nz.
[Modified by: Rob Chisholm on 11 January 2009 18:28:04 ]

hello all, just an update on the norwest event,
****NEW ENTRY FEE $200.00***** due to another sponsor coming on board and trimming of the event costs we have been able to drop the entry fee, any entrys already recived shall recieve the balance upon sign in at the event
At present we have not met our minimum number of entry's to make the event go ahead, we will be making the call either way on the 18th of Feb.. this is the last day available to us as we will need to cancel or confirm all the support equipment and plant hire that week. all entry's will need to be in by 5.00pm on that day.if we have not met the minimum number of entrys by then we may have to cancel! if in the unfortunate event that we have to cancel, all entry fees will be returned promptly.
at the present time we are still preparing for the event to run and have set a good number of challenging tracks! at the moment the farm is very dry and hard, so unless we get a good dump of rain a couple of weeks out, you will have to take that into consideration with truck set-up and driving style!
if you have any issues with your trucks regarding re-certification for minor mods etc or other truck issues preventing you from entering, or will not have the entry fee available until the week of the event please let us know sooner rather than later, we know moneys tight this year and as organizers there are avenues available to us to be able to get you to the start line.
I am of the understanding that the whangarei event has been pushed back another month so if that has been a deterrent not to come to the Norwest event then it now need not be!!
Entry forms are available on www.norwestohv.co.nz , please forward to or let any other potential competitors know about the closing date.

Regards,
Rob Chisholm
ph 0274 809361